Outreach

Seminars and conferences

2025 Mar: ” Non-intuitive effects of exopolymer gels dispersed in seawater on the sinking dynamics of solid particles ” Microscale Ocean Biophysics seminar series, invited lecture (on-line)
2025 Jun: “Non-Newtonian physics of seawater – effects of microbial exopolymers on sedimentation”, invited seminar, IMEDEA -Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Majorca, Spain
2025 Jun: “Experimental insights into the sinking dynamics of solid particles in stratified aquatic systems”, invited seminar, Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar series, University of Warsaw
2025 Sep: “Experimental studies on particle settling in biopolymer solutions”, short presentation, CISM Advanced Course on Lagrangian Approaches to Multiphysics Two-Phase Flows, 8-12.09, on-line, Udine, Italy
2024 Jul: “Microscale sedimentation processes during algal blooms: A laboratory perspective on modified seawater rheology”, invited seminar, ICM-CSIC Institute of Marine Sciences, Barcelona, Spain
2024 Apr: Annual European Rheology Conference: Particles sinking in non-Newtonian seawater: the role of exopolymers in modifying sedimentation processes(Mrokowska M, Chabło T, Krztoń-Maziopa A), Leeds, UK
2023 Sep: Polish Congress of Rheology: Impact of rheological properties of xanthan gum/kappa-carrageenan dispersions in seawater on settling dynamics of solid particles (Mrokowska M, Dzień K, Krztoń-Maziopa A), Wieliczka, Poland
2022: Ocean Sciences Meeting: Effects of dispersed exopolymer gels on the rheology of water column and settling dynamics of solid particles: a laboratory perspective (Mrokowska M, Krztoń-Maziopa A, Dębowski M), on-line
2022: MICRO 2022 Effects of biologically modified seawater on settling behaviour of microplastics (Mrokowska M, Krztoń-Maziopa A), on-line
2022: IUTAM Symposium on “Particles, Drops and Bubbles in Stratified Environments”: Dynamics of disk settling in two-layered liquid with non-linear density transition (Mrokowska M), hybrid, Toulouse, France
2021: ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Virtual Meeting: Effects of stratification and dissolved exopolymers on settling dynamics of solid particles in relation to mechanisms of marine snow formation (Mrokowska M, Krztoń-Maziopa A), on-line

Media

Ludwika Tomala: “Particles perform ‘mysterious dance’ as they sink to seabed“, Science in Poland portal
Ludwika Tomala: “Sea gels. When sea water turns into non-Newtonian fluid” , Science in Poland portal
Ludwika Tomala: “Mikroplastik kontra śluz z alg“, Science in Poland portal (PL)
“Mikroplastik w sieci morskich żeli – nowy artykuł z Pracowni Mikromodeli Hydrodynamicznych IGF PAN” Institute of Geophysics PAS (PL)
“Pionierskie badania dynamiki mikroplastików podczas zakwitów alg – artykuł z Pracowni Mikromodeli Hydrodynamicznych “, Institute of Geophysics PAS (PL)

Popular Science

“Zaskakujące morskie żele” IG PAS YouTube channel, Geogadka series (PL)
“Non-intuitive behaviour of particles sinking in seawater with dispersed exopolymers” – IG PAS YouTube channel
“Dlaczego akumulacja mikroplastiku w oceanach jest tak niepokojąca?” – Geogadka w minutę, IG PAS YouTube channel (PL)
“Marine gels – visible or invisible?” – 27^th and 28^th Scientific Picnic, Warsaw, June 2024, May 2025